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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
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A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
George S. Patton
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
George S. Patton
If a man does his best, what else is there?
George S. Patton
The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul, to either conquer or perish with honor, is the secret of victory.
George S. Patton